Date: 31 Jan 2003 14:22:00 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall suddenly quitting Message-ID: <44wukl2kh3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301291235020.1563-100000@d3.americas.sgi.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301291235020.1563-100000@d3.americas.sgi.com>
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Randy Schultz <schultz@sgi.com> writes: > Hey all, > > I've got a 4.6 system that I'm trying to get to 4.7. I've dropped on the > sysinstall from 4.7(per the docs). I run it as > "/stand/sysinstall installUpgrade". When I get to the "Choose Installation > Media" screen I go into Options to change the Release Name. Regardless of > what I do on this screen, in fact even if I do nothing at all, when I press > 'Q' to quit sysinstall exits, dropping right to the commandline. On the > screen it says "chflags'ing old binaries - please wait". There doesn't > seem to be anything about this in docs or list/newsgroup archives and I've > tried a number of different things - making sure I'm root, perms on chflags, > getting chflags from the 4.7 dist, even different term types and keyboards > (hey - maybe there was some weird key bounce going on ;). I'm guessing > PEBCAK but am not sure where to look. This shouldn't matter, but what happens if you actually boot from the install floppies instead? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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